Dr Richard Chasen, Author at The Lower Limb Clinic

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To our amazing patient community, past and present

First of all, we hope you and your families are safe and well. Please do everything you can to keep it that way. We just wanted to update you on where things stand if you need our help with a foot or ankle problem in the coming weeks. Hasn’t it been crazy? Everybody’s apprehensive, hopefully […]

The Arch Enemy – The Complete Guide to Plantar Fasciitis

As they looked up at me, my heart sank. “Is it what I think it is?”, they asked, eyes welled with an emotion I couldn’t quite put my finger on. “Looks like plantar fasciitis”, I stated cautiously. “yes! I was right!” they gushed. Never have I seen someone so gleeful about foot pain, as two […]

Resolution Revolution – 6 Small Changes You Can Make to Improve Your Health & Fitness

May is almost here, and if you’re like millions of people all across Australia, you’re probably starting to shift rather uncomfortably in your seat whenever you’re reminded about those New Year’s Resolutions you made somewhere in the deep fog of last year. We get it, you totally had the best of intentions. However, first there […]

These Boots Were Made for Walking – The 5 Best Walks in Melbourne

These Boots Were Made for Walking – The 5 Best Walks in Melbourne I don’t know about you, but I struggled to suppress offended pangs of righteous indignation when it was recently announced that Melbourne had lost its coveted title of The World’s Most Livable City to Vienna. Oh, the shame! Oh, the ignominy of […]

If the Shoe Fits – How to Choose the Right Footwear for Healthy Feet

The inimitable Bette Midler once famously quipped: “I firmly believe that with the right footwear, one can conquer the world”. While I’m willing to begrudgingly accept the possibility that she may not have been referring to her deeply held love of podiatry, she might nevertheless be on to something. I mean, even Kim Jong Un […]

Back on Your Feet – Returning to Exercise After a Foot Injury

It wasn’t long ago that foot injuries weren’t taken too seriously. In fact no minor injuries were. It was a simpler time when we understood just little enough to not worry about what we put in our bodies, the atmosphere or on TV. If a bone wasn’t actually poking out at an angle, parents and […]

Frostbitten – The Essential Guide to Winter Foot Care

Be careful what you wish for – that’s a lesson I’ve learned the hard way this year. After sweating through what seemed to be the stifling summer that never ended and the autumn that never happened, I found myself praying for winter’s arrival with blessed relief. I should have known better. Melbourne weather, on the […]

Hand me some tissues

I enjoy talking to people. Really, I do. You should see what I do for a hobby. But when I talk during the day, I have a lot of similar conversations and I promise, it’s not because of you. It’s not you at all. It’s me. I’m a podiatrist. And the conversation goes something like […]

So you’re not a morning person…?

A friend of mine is a poker player. Not the Saturday night beer kind, but the World Series, minimum buy-in, weeks a year in Vegas kind. The sort who’s more interested in people than cards, because the cards are hard to control, but people.. people are another story entirely. People have their habits, their giveaways, […]

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